Roderick T. Macdonald's Blog
September 30, 2025
Writing as Collage
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! First off, the first of two October sales of The Killer and The Dead starts tomorrow! (UK and US) 1st to 8th of October. Start off the spooky season with a serial killer facing down the undead and his own familial dysfunction! You know you want to. I …
September 23, 2025
Riffing on belief in writing, and a confused relationship with whales.
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Writing is about belief. Belief in yourself, that you have something worthwhile to say, and the ability to express it well enough that other minds, hearts, people, could be touched by the words you have put to paper. Your thoughts, your emotions, become glyphs to be viewed and …
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September 16, 2025
September Giveaway
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! This week, this week. I’ve exercised more, eaten more cleanly. (Not clean, might I add, but better!) Been in touch with family and friends. Worked. Practiced pool using shot specific cards, read Scottish fairy tales. Done my first experimental narration of The Gardener and The Goddess. Believe me …
September 9, 2025
It’s like broken glass, you get cut before you see it…
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Dio song as origin of this blog’s title. I took an unannounced week off here, because I took a week off there, in work-land. I had high hopes for this week. My pool game continues to improve. I really need to start blogging about that so I can …
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August 26, 2025
Practice, Pool, Writing, and Joy
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! As some of you may know, I’m passing fond of the game of pool. This does connect to writing, bear with me. Since before the pandemic I had lost most of my pool playing mojo. I stopped playing in my last league in December of 2019, thinking I …
August 19, 2025
Hardback release and dreams of Alien
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! The Thief and The Demon hardback copy is HERE! A little late to the party, but a welcome guest nonetheless. I’m fixing the non-formatted blurb. I fixed the other two versions that also got crammed together when I changed their covers, but for some reason it did not …
August 12, 2025
Religion and Politics and a Cover Upgrade! (Hardback coming soon!)
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Politics and Religion. Religion and politics. The advice is not to talk about it in polite company. So I wrote a book centered on faith and religion, and I’m writing a book about politics, power, and the self-serving nature of rulers. These are the choices of the writer …
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August 5, 2025
Time and Balance
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Another week passes. This time next week I hope to have released the new hardback version of The Thief and The Demon. I will share here the new cover when I receive it. I have been working on getting set up to do the narration of my books. …
July 29, 2025
And now a word from our spokesperson…
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! A week of news and positivity for you! I am going to have an upgraded cover for The Thief and The Demon! Coming to a theatre/site near you, soon! I’ve wanted to give the title some more oomph and visibility for quite a while, and have agreed on …
July 22, 2025
Slave to the Algo
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! This quitting/cutting back on the internet is hard. The algorithm loves me and wants me to be happy. Just one more video related to one of my previously documented obsessions. Look, it is slightly different than the others. Oooh! An update! New recycled content about Alien!! Updates on …
